GREELEY -- Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck announced Thursday that he will continue to prosecute people already charged with possessing marijuana, even though voters approved its legalization by passing Amendment 64 last week.

"Our office has an obligation to prosecute offenses that were crimes at the time they occurred. Accordingly, we will not be dismissing existing marijuana possession cases. But more importantly, our office prosecutes low-level possession cases to get drug users help with their addictions. That practice will continue until state law changes," Buck said in a press release.

On Wednesday, Boulder County District Attorney said he will dismiss all pending cases in which someone is charged with possessing less than an ounce of marijuana. He said it was unlikely, in light of Boulder County voters' strong support of the amendment, that a jury would convict anyone of possession.

In Boulder County, the measure passed with 66.1 percent of the vote. In Weld County, it passed with 50.3 percent of the vote.

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